General
Circular No. 001157
To: Heads of State Agencies and Human
Resource
Directors
Subject: Update On Examining Issues
Issue
Date: June 27, 1994
CLARIFICATION
OF GRANDFATHER RULE REGARDING SEMESTER HOURS IN
ACCOUNTING
Civil
Service Rule 7.9(a)2(c) sometimes referred to as the
"grandfather
clause", states that "whenever minimum
qualification
requirements are changed and incumbents of
positions
in affected classes do not meet the new requirements,
such
incumbents will be allowed to remain in the class of
position
occupied and to continue gaining qualifying experience
for the
higher levels that are in the normal career progression
for
that class."
Civil
Service Rule 7.9(a)2(d) states that in order to qualify
for
other jobs in the normal career progression an incumbent
must
"acquire the difference (in experience) between the
minimum
qualification requirements of their present class and
those
of higher levels.
For
example, an employee with no college credit occupies a
position
requiring twelve semester hours in accounting and one
year of
professional level experience and wishes to promote to
a job
requiring twelve semester hours in accounting plus two
years
of experience. The employee need only
gain the one year
of
additional experience to qualify.
If this
same employee wishes to move to a job requiring an
absolute
twenty- four semester hours in accounting plus two
years
of professional experience, he must earn the additional
one
year of work experience plus the entire twenty-four
semester
hours in accounting. The grandfather
rule does not
apply
to the college training since it specifically refers to
experience
only. The hours in accounting required
is due to
the
necessity for progressively complex coursework. A person
who has
been grandfathered but doesn't really have the
Accounting
hours and then goes back to school and takes twelve
hours
hasn't really "made up the difference" in education
because
the courses he takes are less advanced than needed for
the
higher level class.
DUPLICATE
ACCOUNTING COURSES
As
stated in General Circular 1153, the Department does not
give
credit for duplicate courses that cover essentially the
same or
similar material. This issue frequently
comes up with
employees
applying for Accounting jobs. Two
courses which
frequently
come up are Accounting 2000 and Accounting 2001
offered
by LSU. If an employee takes both of
these courses we
will
only count one of them toward any qualifying semester
hours in
Accounting.
CLOSING
CLASSES TO APPLICATION
Due to
reductions in staff the Department finds it necessary to
close
some additional jobs to application.
The registers
listed
below will be closed to state employees and the public
effective
August 1, 1994. This means that to fill
vacancies
they
will need to be announced on special or promotional
announcements. These are all classes which use E & T's
rather
than
written tests.
REGISTER
TITLE SERIES CARD
AGRIC ENVIR
SPEC ADM COORD 2282 03
ALCOHOL/DRUG
AB PROG MGR 2 2649 03
ALCOHOL/DRUG
AB PROG MGR 1 2649 04
ARCHITECT
1 1837 03
BEHAVIOR
SHAPING SUPV 2699 04
BIOLOGIST
SUPV - 1ST LINE 1381 03
BIOLOGIST
SUPV - 2ND LINE 1381 04
CORR
FOOD PROD SUPV 2
2145 04
CUSTODIAN
SUPV 1 2101 03
DOTD
STAFF ENGINEER MGR
2102 03
DRAFTING
TECHNICIAN 2 2243 03
ELECTIONS
SPECIALIST 1 1474 03
ELECTRONIC
TECH TRAINEE 2513 03
ELECTRONIC
TECH 2513 04
FOOD
SERV COORDINATOR
2167 06
FOOD
SERV SUPV 2
2167 04
GEOLOGIST
3 2144 03
HEALTH/HUM
SER PLAN 1 2362 03
HEALTH/HUM
SER PLAN 2 2362 04
HUMAN
DEV REGIONAL MGR 2150 03
HVAC
REFRIG MECH FORE
2336 04
I/S
SITE MANAGER
2335 03
JUV
CORR FOOD PROD SUPV
2167 05
MAINTENANCE
FOREMAN 2278 03
M H
PROG MGR
2280 03
M H
SPEC 1
2632 03
M H
SPEC 2
2632 04
MOBILE
EQUIP MAST MECH LDR 2337 06
MR/DD
COM SERV REG MGR 1/2 2987 03
MR/DD
REG ADM 1/2 2502 03
PROCUREMENT
OFFICER 1 2287 03
REAL
ESTATE AGENT 3
2514 03
REVENUE
AUDIT REVIEWER 2058 03
REVENUE
MGT SYS ANALYST 2018 03
REVENUE
SENIOR AGENT 2291 03
REVENUE
TAX DIRECTOR 1 2322 03
REVENUE
TAX DIRECTOR 2 2322 04
REVENUE
TAX RES ANALYST 2328 03
SANITARIAN
PAR ASST ADM 2176 05
SANITARIAN
PROG MGR 2173 03
SANITARIAN
PROG SPEC 2173 04
SANITARIAN
PROG SPEC SUPV 2173 05
SANITARIAN
SPEC 2176 03
SMALL
BUS DEV ADV 2223 03
SOCIAL
SERV PROG COORD MH 2398 03
STATE
RISK CLAIMS SUPV 2224 03
WELDER 2341 03
WOMEN'S
SER COUNS 2093 03
WOMEN'S
SER EMP COUNS SPEC 2093 04
CORRECTION
TO REVISED TEST FAMILIES
In the
Revised Test Families, issued in General Circular 1156,
the job
Revenue Accounts Auditor 1 is erroneously listed in
both
the Professional Accounting Test Family (PACT) and the
Professional
Auditing Test Family (PAUT). This job
should only
be
listed in the Professional Auditing Test Family (PAUT).
Sincerely,
Herbert
L. Sumrall
Director